Road-drag.



E. L. CARROLL & R. M. SKILES'.

ROAD DRAG; APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1909.

Paterited Fem lip nieetion file 1 To all whom it may concern} Be it known that we, linnnn'r L. CA and ROBERT M. Smiles. citizens oil? the Unite States, residing at Creston, in the count Union, State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful RoadDrag', of which the follow .ing is a specification.

This invention has relation. to road drags and itconsists in the novel constru, tion arrangement at its parts as nereinal shown and described.

The object of the invention is to providea drag of the character indicated, in which is employed "a series of blades pivotally mounted in order that they maybe pitched at a desired angle with relation to the surface of the road, and means is provided whereby the said blades may be animated as stated independently with relation to each other so that said blades in t pitched a... diii'erent angles with. respect. to the surface of the road. The iz'icependent ad 7 of "each blade is-efieeted manually, but the blade is in a desired position a 11W common to all oi the blades is provi ed securing them in the adjusted pcsiti in the accompanying 1fliViD-gZ-l ignite l is a top plan View of the road-drag. is an edge elevation of the same. a detail perspective view of one e coniponenhparts of the bladeeecuringr device.

As illustrated in the aecoinpanyii ing, but. two blades are user.. althe I") to be understood that more blades may employed if desired.

'Descriptive of the arrangementshown each blade consists of a plate 1 whie L provided in the vicinity of its end portions with transversely disposed bars 2 the npner ends of which projectheyond the upper edges Oil? the said blades. The said bars 2 are an ranged in pairs, and the members of each pair are spaced one from the other.

Horizontal bars 3 are pivoted at. their end portions between the members of the pairs of bars of the front and rear blades 1.. and. at their forward ends the said bars 3 pro ject beyond the planes oi the forward surfaces of the blades 1. A chain or other draft means 4 is connected at its ends with the forward projecting ends of the liars 3.

A board or platform 5 is mounted at its end portions upon me bars 3 at the opposite sides 1 0f the drag, and upon the intermmliul'e pow tion of the sa d platform 5 is mounted an operators seat. At intermediate points sail the i verse; 51:

to their linugitudimil 1 the vicinity oi in then: under e upon the re i 1 .i 1 1L elect i v I 1 bars 0 ant. "ii-urn drag a seen L! ad;

ned at an inclined a" the su.. of the end. and ill: iQL may positioned 1 a vertical poslti relation to the endu e-e oi the ground. so positioned. the forward hlade as a cutter, while the i l a drag,- or spreader. h blades are at all times planes of t e same may mrallel position into incli its illustrated in i the end oi tl or near one olf gn'oiecls for some bar ff nd the arr as a rear blade 3 which is at the same side of the implement as the projecting end of the forward blade is relatively near that bar 3 beyond which the forward blade projects for a considerable distance, and the other end of the rear blade (projects for a corresponding distance beyon the bars 3. at the other side of the implement.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A drag comprising front and rear blades, arms attached to the rear sides of the blades and projecting above the upper edges thereof, horizontally disposed arms pivotally' connected with the the first said arms, the forward end portions of the said horizontal arms projecting in advance of the forward blade, a draft means attached to the projecting portions of the projecting end portions of horizontal arms, a rod passing transversely ELBERT L. CARROLL. ROBERT M. SKILES.

Witnesses:

C. W. CARROLL, R. BROWN.

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